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Bob le flambeur
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 Bob le flambeur (1955) |
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| Directed by | Jean-Pierre Melville (as Melville) |
| Produced by | Jean-Pierre Melville Serge Silberman |
| Written by | Auguste Le Breton Jean-Pierre Melville |
| Starring | Roger Duchesne Isabelle Corey Guy Decomble |
| Music by | Eddie Barclay Jo Boyer |
| Release date(s) | 1955 |
| Running time | 98 min |
| Language | French |
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Bob le flambeur ("Bob the High Roller") is a 1955 French gangster film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. The film stars Roger Duchesne as Bob. It is filmed in a film noir style and is considered a precursor to the French New Wave movement.[1]
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Bob, a middle-aged gambler and thief, plans a complicated heist. He deals with a number of underworld characters while planning the robbery of the Deauville Casino. Bob eventually hires a gang that includes an ace safecracker. Unfortunately for them, Bob's nemesis, an old cop who Bob once saved from death, is tipped off after a money-hungry croupier's wife betrays them. The police are waiting when the gang begins the seemingly impossible task of robbing the casino vault. Meanwhile in the casino, Bob starts to gamble.
The film received positive reviews when re-released by Rialto Pictures in US cinemas in 2001, earning a 100% "Cream Of The Crop" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a website that collects film reviews.[2]
Bob le flambeur was remade by Neil Jordan as The Good Thief in 2002.
| Actor | Role |
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| Isabelle Corey | Anne |
| Daniel Cauchy | Paolo |
| Roger Duchesne | Bob Montagné |
| Guy Decomble | Insp. Ledru |
| André Garet | Roger |
| Jean-Pierre Melville |
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